Part of the patient's own body can cause the compression, and the term entrapment neuropathy is used particularly in this situation.

Entrapment neuropathy is an underrecognized cause of pain and functional impairment caused by acute or chronic injury to peripheral nerves.

Inferior gluteal entrapment neuropathy is rarely reported but is recognized as a complication of the posterior approach to hip arthroplasty.

Nerve compression syndrome or compression neuropathy, also known as entrapment neuropathy, is a medical condition caused by direct pressure on a single nerve.

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a median entrapment neuropathy, that causes paresthesia, pain, numbness, and other symptoms in the distribution of the median nerve due to its compression at the wrist in the carpal tunnel.

Our evaluation of more than 1,100 workers of varying occupations and more than 300 workers' compensation patients indicates that individual characteristics, such as body mass index (a measure of obesity), age, wrist dimensions and lack of exercise, are major determinants of median nerve entrapment neuropathy, which causes carpal tunnel syndrome.